UK Invests £6.7M to Boost Domestic Launch Industry
The UK Space Agency awarded £6.7M ($8.6M) to two small launch startups that plan to lift off from UK spaceports.
The UK Space Agency awarded £6.7M ($8.6M) to two small launch startups that plan to lift off from UK spaceports.
The UK intends to join Spain, and Portugal to build a new small-sat constellation to improve climate change research and disaster monitoring.
Growing clutter around Earth has the potential to make satellite operations unsafe—but these two European companies think their tech can maintain order in orbit.